COPERNICUS ACTIVITIES

The European Commission (EC) is organising a series of workshops aimed at gathering user requirements to be fulfilled by the next generation of the Copernicus programme's Space Component. The most recent workshops focused on issues which relate to crucial societal challenges: the monitoring of polar regions and continental snow cover, as well as agriculture and forestry. The main goal of these workshops is to understand how the future Copernicus Sentinels and Contributing Missions could satisfy the needs of the scientific and operational communities dealing with these issues.

COPERNICUS INTERVIEW

The winners of the Copernicus Masters 2016 will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on 25th October 2016. Just a few weeks before this ceremony, Copernicus Observer interviewed Marc Bickel and Bastian Burger, last year’s overall winners, who were also awarded the Space Imaging High-Res Urban Challenge prize for their Building Radar platform, and asked them to share with readers what winning the competition meant to them and how it has helped them to create new business opportunities.

COPERNICUS PROJECTS

In order to improve the capabilities of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, ECMWF has launched seven proof-of-concept projects which will ensure that the service adapts in response to the needs of strategic sectors for climate change mitigation and resilience.